Development of Tourism and Regional Planning in Lake Ladoga - Lake Saimaa District

Regions(participants of the project)

Regions of Russia - Republic of Karelia, Landenpohja District, Sortavala District;
Regions of other countries of the BSR - Finland, Parikkala Municipality, Regional Council of South Karelia

Brief project description

The aim of the project is to develop the North-Western part of Lake Ladoga district (in Karelia, Russia) and Eastern part of Lake Saimaa district (in Finland) as a regional entity of nature and culture tourism. The objective of the project is to develop a marketable cross-border tourism route system and improve the state of planning the tourism areas, routes, services and related land use planning in local and regional administration of Republic of Karelia. One of the main aims is to increase harmony and mutual advantage between development of tourism, nature protection (e.g. planned Ladoga Skerries National Park), and management of cultural environment and the socio-economic sphere.

Contact information

Mrs. Nadezhda Mikhailova,
Deputy President for Foreign Contacts, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
Tel.: 814 2 77 01 09;
Fax: 814 2 77 96 00;
E-mail: mikhailova@post.krc.karelia.ru